
Scotland pushes for independence after Brexit vote
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will.
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will.
British finance minister Philip Hammond has warned contenders in the race to become prime minister that a no-deal Brexit could pull the United Kingdom apart and would deprive Britain’s next leader of the money needed to end austerity.
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Scotland’s parliament and the Welsh national assembly have voted to oppose the Brexit deal agreed by the UK government, the first time they have done so simultaneously in a sign of the United Kingdom’s internal fracture over Brexit.